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Dollars to the
Classroom Act
FAQ
WHERE THE MONEY
GOES
TOTAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING
In 1997, the federal government
spent a total of $100.5 billion on education. Only a fraction of
this money goes to schools. Some will go to state agencies, some to
colleges or other institutes of higher learning. Out of all of the
money spent on education, $21.2 billion went to local education
agencies to be used for elementary and secondary education. This
means that 21.1 percent of all federal education dollars are spent
on children in elementary and secondary schools.
Federal support for
education, by level and type of ultimate recipient
(Amounts in billions of current dollars)
|
Ultimate
recipient
|
|
Year and
level
|
Total |
LEA |
SEA |
College
Students |
IHE |
FED |
Multiple
types |
Other |
| 1980
total |
$39.3 |
$10.9 |
$1.4 |
$9.1 |
$11.2 |
$1.4 |
$2.5 |
$2.8 |
| Elementary
and secondary |
16.0 |
10.9 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
* |
0.7 |
1.9 |
* |
| Postsecondary |
11.1 |
- |
0.1 |
5.4 |
3.8 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
| Research |
5.8 |
- |
- |
- |
5.8 |
- |
- |
- |
| Other |
6.4 |
* |
0.4 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
1.4 |
| 1990
total |
62.8 |
13.9 |
3.3 |
10.5 |
20.4 |
2.4 |
5.5 |
6.7 |
| Elementary
and secondary |
22.0 |
13.9 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
4.5 |
0.1 |
| Postsecondary |
13.7 |
- |
0.3 |
4.9 |
4.0 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
3.7 |
| Research |
12.6 |
- |
- |
- |
12.6 |
- |
- |
- |
| Other |
14.6 |
* |
1.7 |
4.9 |
3.7 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
3.0 |
| 1997
total |
100.5 |
21.2 |
5.3 |
19.5 |
31.3 |
3.2 |
11.3 |
8.6 |
| Elementary
and secondary |
36.6 |
21.2 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
1.9 |
9.7 |
* |
| Postsecondary |
15.4 |
- |
0.1 |
6.9 |
5.3 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
| Research |
15.9 |
- |
- |
- |
15.9 |
- |
- |
- |
| Other |
32.5 |
* |
2.8 |
11.5 |
10.0 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
6.3 |
* $50
million or less.
- Not applicable.
1997 numbers are estimated.
Key to the tables:
LEA................................................................Local
Education Agency
SEA..............................................................
State Education Agency
IHE.........................................................Institutes
of Higher Learning
FED...................................................................................
Federal
Multiple types..... Includes more than one of the other groups in
the table
Other.......... Anything not included in one of the other groups in
the table
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